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M. W. WHITE.

VIOLIN.

No. 323,765. Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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MAURICE WVILLIAM \VHITE, OF WEST SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, AS-

SIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SAID MAURICE W. WHITE AND GEORGE W'ASHINGTON ROSS, OF SAME PLACE.

VIOLIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,765, dated August I, 1885.

Application filed December 19, 1884.

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ll/IAURICE WILLIAM WHITE, of West Somerville, in the county of Middlesex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Violins or various other Stringed Musical Instruments to be played on by means of a Bow; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of a violin containing my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claims hereinafterpresented. Fig. 3denotesamodification of the arm and tail pieces hereinafter explained.

In carrying out my said invention I extend from the rear end of the body A of the violin.

at the middle thereof, a stiff arm, B, formed or provided at its outer end with a belayinghead, a, or other proper means of connecting it to the rear end of the tail-piece C, which, instead of fastening directly to the rear end 2 of the body or a knob extending therefrom, I project over the said arm and nearly to its outer end, and secure it by a loop, I), or other suitable means to the head a of the arm. In this way I am enabled to use a very much 0 longer tail-piece, comparatively speaking, than heretofore employed in such instruments, thereby producing a greater vibration of the strings as well as of the box or sounding board of the instrument. The tone of the (No model.)

Violin by my improvement is increased in volume, and, beside, is rendered purer in quality.

The strings 0, attached to the tail-piece, extend over and upon the bridged, and thence over the neck 9 to the straining-pins e on the head f of the instrument.

The invention is applicable to violoncellos, double basses, or various other stringed instruments played on by a bow.

In Fig. 3 the tail-piece C is shown as fastened firmly at its rear end to that of the arm B. This construction may be adopted for that hereinbefore described. The arm is useful also in supporting the instrument on the shoulder of a player.

I claim 1. In combination, with a violin or other stringed musical instrument of like character to be played on by a bow, an arm projecting from the rear of the body, and the string-sup porting tail-piece extended over such arm and connected to it at or near its outer end, all being substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, with a violin or other stringed musical instrument of like character 6c to be played on by a bow, an arm projecting from the rear of the body of the instrument, and having at or near its outer end a connection with the strings of the instrument.

MAURICE IVILLIAM IVHITE.

\Vitnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT. 

